Love Island is the TV hit of the summer - with millions of people tuning in to catch up on the complicated lives of contestants based in a Majorca villa.

But until last night's episode no-one knew that one popular contestant has a strong link to the county.

And no - it isn't an appreciation for Walkers Crisps or a membership in the Englebert Humperdinck fan club.

Camilla Thurlow announced on ITV2 last night that she went to University in Loughborough.

The Loughborough Echo reports that Camilla was sharing a bottle of ‘champers’ with new boy Jamie and whilst they were chatting Camilla him how she went to Loughborough University and studied sport and exercise science.

Camilla Thurlow from Love Island

She told him that the sport she played the most while she was at university was lacrosse.

The official Love Island Twitter account for Camilla tweeted fans last night and said: “LOUGHBOROUGH! (sorry we couldn’t resist...we went to loughborough too...we love loughborough) ”

One fan asked what halls she went to and the account replied: “RIGG-RUT...The old Rigg-Rut (the best one)”

Camilla has been the centre of attention for a lot of the new boys coming into the villa, and remains single at the moment, but seems to have hit it off with new boy Jamie Jewitt.

Some viewers said she was the ‘nation’s sweetheart’ and branded her ‘too good for Love Island'.

Camilla Thurlow from Love Island

Camilla Thurlow is 27-years-old and from Dumfries, but unfortunately for her romance has been hard to come by after Tyla Carr arrived in the villa and turned Jonny Mitchell’s head.

She has been rumoured to have in the past dated Prince Harry, but since she has been in the villa she seems to have not had as much luck.

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She first coupled up with northern boy Sam Gowland, before she then saw a spark between herself and Jonny Mitchell which fizzled out, and she then had a two day romance with Craig Lawson and now seems to have hit it off with Calvin Klein model Jamie Jewitt.